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THE SPECKLED DOMES. Episodes in an EnglishmanÂ’s Life in Russia
by Shelley, Gerald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Duckworth & Co, London, 1925. First Edition. Blue Buckram Gilt. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 256 pp., Portrait frontispiece, 10 illustrations. spotting ( foxing ) throughout, original cloth with gilt to spine, rubbed edges & corners, page edges browned. Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper. The adventures of an Englishman in Russia just before and during the Bolshevik revolution, the people he met ( including Rasputin ), and his escape in "drag". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Russia; Inventory No: 0203599. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0203599
- Title
- THE SPECKLED DOMES. Episodes in an EnglishmanÂ’s Life in Russia
- Author
- Shelley, Gerald
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Blue Buckram Gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duckworth & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Russia, England, Rasputin, Bolshevik Biography & Autobiography; Russia; Photographic Unbranded Shelley, Gerald THE SPECKLED DOMES. Episodes in an EnglishmanÂ’s Life in Russia
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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